This is a list of Children's Books that can be used to teach LEADERSHIP to college students. When attending retreats, workshops and conferences, adults including college students love to regress. The joy on their faces when you pull out a children’s story book is priceless. Once they realize you are serious about using a children’s book to teach leadership, students really get into it. The discussion is lively, fun, and meaningful. It is magical.
Please suggest new books for the list — the list is a work in progress and will be updated as needed. What Children’s Books inspire you and would be perfect for teaching LEADERSHIP…and why? I would love to hear your suggestions and stories.
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message 1: by Andrea (new)

Andrea I'm looking for leadership books that specifically feature multi-cultural main characters. Any suggestions?


message 2: by Pablo (new)

Pablo Malavenda Harold and the Purple Crayon by Ezra Jack Keats; Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats; Amazing Grace (and the entire Grace series) by Mary Hoffman; Finding the Green Stone by Alice Walker; anything by Angela Johnson, Rachel Isadora, Ezra Jack Keats.

I found this list too: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...


message 3: by Shanna-lee (new)

Shanna-lee Kerr I am discussing Leadership with 8 to 11 year olds in Assembly at school and I read "The Empty Pot" by DEMI. The elderly Emperor, who loves flowers, decides to choose his replacement by giving the children each a seed to grow. He chooses Ping as his new Emperor because Ping returns with an empty pot. The Emperor tells everyone that all of the seeds were cooked so anyone who returned with beautiful plants and flowers did not use his seeds. Ping is the only honest child and he is chosen as the new leader.


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